[Milsurplus] LM-18 and AC PS Questions.. More

[J Forster]

It could well have been essentially a propaganda effort, as with the aluminum
drives. The transmitter theory was listed as a possible to the (likely) true
propaganda purpose.

-John


Hue Miller wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > There is another possible reason also..  to take non governmental receivers
> > and especially  transmitters out of service.
> >
> > FWIW,
> > -John
>
> Ummm....that's a wee bit farfetched, isn't it John? Unless the radio owners
> were of Japanese descent, that is! (hi) In which case, anything "electrical"
> looking could be possible spy equipment: i am thinking of sorry piles of
> hamfest-looking junk seized by the FBI in California, and pictured in Radio
> News.
> I read that near the start of the war, the gov't was interested in buying up
> SW receivers. However, as you look thru the radio mags during the war,
> in the SWL sections, it appears there was no noticeable decrease in private
> ownership of SW radios.
> I have never seen any mention of the meters buy-up in print, and i have looked
> at a page or two of contemporary publications. So i will remain a tad skeptical.
> -Hue